Tokyo-based Money Forward, Japan’s leading SaaS (software as a service) accounting startup, announced today that its IPO application to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has been approved. The company will be listed on the TSE Mothers Market on 29 September ... ( read original story ...)
Meet Japan’s ‘living doll’
According to her creator Hitomi Komaki, she is the first ‘living doll model’ in the world. Often surprising passers-by when walking the streets of Tokyo, Lulu was born out of 23-year-old Komaki’s desire to create the “epitome of cuteness”. ( read original story ...)
Gundam robot statue to be unveiled in Tokyo in Sept
TOKYO - A statue of the anime robot Gundam is being completed in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area, with an official unveiling set for Sept 24, Bandai Namco Holdings Inc and the other companies involved in the project said. The 19.7-metre-tall statue ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange hopes new entrants can revive stagnant solar trust markets
TOKYO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange's (TSE ... while Ichigo Green is trading 0.5 percent above the IPO price as of Friday. Many investors like solar projects because they offer stable long-term returns and benefit from government subsidies ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama orders eatery to suspend operations after two cases of E. coli reported
YOKOHAMA – The city of Yokohama ordered a grilled-meat restaurant in the area to suspend operation Wednesday after two people who had dined there were infected with the O-157 strain of the E. coli bacteria. A teenaged girl and a man in his 80s had ... ( read original story ...)
Uncovering Japan’s Capital of Hidden, Indie Boutiques
OSAKA, Japan — Hidden within trashed buildings and rattling underneath raised subway tracks here are tiny experimental shops that emphasize creative merchandising over commerce. They are swathed in pink satin, or use suspended tree branches as clothing ... ( read original story ...)
Australian Olympic Committee: Ian Chesterman replaces Kitty Chiller as Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020
IAN Chesterman wants the Australian Olympic Committee to “reset” itself after getting the nod to be Chef de Mission for the Tokyo 2020 Games. Chesterman, vice-president of the AOC and a member of the executive board since 2001, replaces Kitty Chiller ... ( read original story ...)
Air Canada Introduces Montreal-Tokyo Non-stop Flights
MONTREAL, Aug. 23, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada announced today the introduction of a new service between Montreal and Tokyo Narita starting June 1, 2018. Flights will operate year-round, with daily service during summer peak travel and three times a ... ( read original story ...)
‘Made in Japan’ labelling encourages strategic export plans
Japanese heavyweight names, Shiseido, Kose, Kanebo, are using ‘Made in Japan’ labels on their products to engage Asian shoppers, notably Chinese consumers. In 2017, cosmetics exports in Japan are expected to reach “another all-time high”, Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Air Canada’s direct flights to Japan from Montreal expected to boost Quebec economy
Montreal Board of Trade president Michel Leblanc says the flights will provide business opportunities for Quebec companies in artificial intelligence, gaming, clean technology and food. Japan is Quebec’s sixth-largest market that purchased $1.3 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese FM in Mozambique for conference on development
JOHANNESBURG — The foreign ministers of Japan and some African countries are in Mozambique for a development conference that also includes delegates from the private sector and non-governmental groups. The Portuguese news agency Lusa says Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Porn billionaire reinvents himself as Japan’s social-conscious startup guru
Kameyama won’t disclose his profits, but he says there’s enough to fund all the new business without having to take DMM public, unless he tries something huge like building an amusement park based on Japanese anime characters. “Imagine what people ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Tobacco targets smoker-heavy zones
Japan Tobacco Inc., whose domestic market is predicted to shrink ... and grow sustainably to strength our business foundations,” spokesman Kana Miyauchi said via phone on Tuesday, when the company announced its largest Asian deal yet: paying about ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Tepco gets slapped with new U.S. lawsuit over Fukushima
Tepco has been hit with more lawsuits than in any previous Japanese contamination suit over the meltdowns of three reactors at its Fukushima Daiichi plant north of Tokyo after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Radiation forced 160,000 people ... ( read original story ...)
Billionaire Porn King Reinvents Himself as Japan’s Startup Guru
Imagine the publisher of Pornhub.com being asked to address Harvard University undergraduates on the virtues of running a socially responsible business. That’s basically what happened in Japan this past December, when the country’s most prestigious ... ( read original story ...)
China’s XAircraft has a US$27k drone solution for Japan’s ageing farmers
XAircraft sees business potential from the Japanese market as local farmers are well acquainted with the use of advanced technologies. Nearly three-quarters of rice production in Japan is mechanised while over a third of rice farms made use of pesticide ... ( read original story ...)